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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=618302808-28102009>To this I say... find a
treat the G man likes a lot.. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=618302808-28102009>Hold one of these treats
so he can recognize you have one, but that you're not openly giving to
him. Make him sit like a good boy for 20 to 30 seconds ... perhaps even
wave the treat in a taunting manner while making him stay put.. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=618302808-28102009>if after 30 seconds you
don't have drool produced.. then you don't have a Basset, you have an Alien ....
and should at that point in time call the FBI to have them come take the thing
into protective custody for studying their potentially evil motives to subvert
the human race by pretending to be dogs.. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=618302808-28102009>of course I could also be
wearing a tin-foil hat right now and typing from behind stacks of old news
papers and magazines, hoping to keep the hob-goblins out from the upcoming
hallows eve... </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=618302808-28102009>but I could be right ...
ya know?</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=618302808-28102009></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=618302808-28102009>;-)</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=618302808-28102009></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=618302808-28102009>-Robert</SPAN></DIV><BR>
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face=Tahoma><B>Subject:</B> [Dailydrool] another question about gus</FONT><SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT>i have a
question about drool: gus has never drooled. when i asked the
shelter about this, "how much drool can i expect from him?" their answer
was "none." does is come with aging or am i just one lucky
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